3 . Children’s Day is coming and Mrs. Black is reading a newspaper story to her class. The story says: The doctors in Children’s Hospital are asking for money for children’s toys. Some children are ill and have to stay in hospital for many days. They feel sad and always cry, but toys can make sick children feel happy and quiet.

After Mrs. Black reads the story, she says, “This story gives me an idea.”

“You want us to bring some money for the toys.” “We could bring some of our own toys for the children in hospital,” say the boys and girls one after another.

“Well, your ideas would be nice,” Mrs. Black says, “but mine is different.”

“We could make some toys,” shouts one of them.

Mrs. Black smiles, “Do you think you could make toys?”

“Yes, yes,” the whole class answer.

“Great! Let’s begin to make toys tomorrow,” says Mrs. Black.

It is Children’s Day. Mrs. Black takes her students to the hospital with the toys made by themselves. The children in hospital feel happy and excited. The colorful toys make the white hospital more lively.

A few days later, Mrs. Black reads another newspaper story to the class: The students of Class Three in Green Street School made toys and brought them to Children’s Hospital on June 1st. The doctor says, “Our children enjoy themselves playing with the toys. It’s really their happiest day. Thank you, Class Three. You bring the best presents for Children’s Day.”

“We are happy too, for we make the best presents,” the whole class smile happily.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming to this concert (音乐会). I hope you will enjoy the _______.

The purpose (目的) of this concert is _______ money for children in Africa. Every day many children in Africa die because they have illness or don’t have enough _______. There are two main _______. First, there are no jobs for the children’s parents, so they have no money to buy _______ or food. _______, the governments (政府) in many African countries do not have the _______ to take care of the people. They are poor, too. Most African counties are in a bad situation (情况). Plants don’t grow _______. And the weather is also _______ for farming. The Feed Africa Fund (基金会)________ a lot of money every year on food for poor people in Africa. The money comes ________ the kind people who do not want to see children die because of hunger. Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to ________ a family of four for three day.

How ________ do you need for food each day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little less on your own food ________ you have a few dollars for the Feed Africa Fund.

Ladies and gentlemen, we will now have the show. Enjoy ________ and be generous (慷慨的), please. Hundreds of thanks!

There once was a farmer who grew the best corn in his town. One day, his friend Scott asked him     1     he grew the best corn. The farmer told him that he often gave his good corn seeds(种子) to his     2    .

“    3     do you give your good seeds to your neighbors? They will compete     4     you!” Scott asked. “Why?” the farmer laughed. “Don’t you know? The wind picks up pollen(花粉) from the corn and     5     it from field to field. If my neighbors grow bad corn, the bad pollen will have bad influence on     6    . My corn cannot improve     7     my neighbors’ corn improves.”

It is the same with our lives. Those     8     choose to live in peace must help their neighbors to live in peace. Those who choose to live well must help     9     to live well. And those who choose to be   happy must help others to find     10    , as the happiness of each has something to do with the happiness of all.

Edward got up on the New-Year morning. He wanted to be the first to wish a happy New Year. He looked in every _______ and wished a happy New Year to everyone of his family. Then he ran into the street to repeat that to those he might meet. When he _______, his father gave him two shining, new silver dollars. His face lighted up as he took them. He had wished for a long time to get some pretty _______ that he had seen at the bookstore.

He left the house with a light heart for the books. As he walked down the street, he saw a family-the father, mother and three children _______ in the cold wind.

“I wish you a happy New Year.” said Edward, as he was _______ passing on. The man shook his head. “You are not from this country?” said Edward. The man again shook his head, _______ he could not understand or speak his language. But he pointed to his _______, and to the children shaking with cold, as if to say, “These little ones have had _______ to eat for a long time.”

Edward quickly understood that these poor people were _______. He took out his dollars, and gave one to the man and ________ to his wife. They were excited and said something in their language, which without a doubt meant, “We thank you a thousand times and we will remember you in ________ prayers.”

When Edward came home, his father asked ________ books he had bought. “I have bought no books,” said he, “I gave my money to some poor people, because they seemed to be very ________ then.” He went on, “I think I can wait for my books till next New Year. Oh, if you had seen how glad they were when they ________ the money!”

“My dear boy,” said his father, “Here are some books, more ________ a reward for your goodness of heart than as a New-Year gift. Be always ready to help others and every year of your life will be to you a happy New Year.”

Life will be peaceful if you always do kind things. I teach my daughters to d    1     a habit of helping others.

We live in a rural(乡村)area. Most of what we see is beautiful nature. One of the exceptions (例外) to the beauty is the rubbish that some people throw out of their car windows. And there are no necessary public s    2     such as rubbish collection.

A helping behavior(行为) that I often p    3     with my daughters is picking up rubbish in our neighborhood. My daughters often have a m    4     to see who can collect the most rubbish. They will often say to me in an excited voice, “There’s some rubbish, —Daddy, stop the car!” Without t    5     more, we will often get out of the our car and pick it up. Though it may seem s    6    , we do it. In fact, we enjoy it. We pick up rubbish in parks, on sidewalks, almost a    7    .

One day I saw a man I had never met before picking up rubbish on the road. I stopped. He r    8     his head and said to me with a smile, “I saw you doing this with your family. It’s a good idea to protect our natural world.”

There are many other ways to p    9     kindness for others. You may share a dinner with a begger (乞丐), visit lonely old people in the nursing home, or help the blind cross the street. You can think of something that can be finished e    10     but helpful. It is fun, self-satisfying, and what’s more, it can set a good example. Helping others is helping yourself.

10 . 假如你是李华，你在某英文网站上看到一则招募暑期中国志愿者（volunteer）的广告。请根据广告中所提供的志愿者项目，结合自己的实际情况，给项目负责人写一封电子邮件，表达你希望参加这个项目的愿望，并阐述理由。

I’m Li Hua, a middle school student from China. I want to be a volunteer. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your early reply!